Terry is the Adult Services Business Librarian at TSCPL. She has a Masters in Business Administration from KU and a Masters in Library Science from Emporia State University and has been at the Library for 8 years. Terry is available for one-on-one assistance with business plans, demographic research, job search and resume assistance, and for helping you find the business or job searching resources you need.
Contact Terry at tmiller@tscpl.org
Kansas Career Pipeline is an excellent tool for job-seekers and for people who want to explore the requirements and opportunities in a given career. Once you register on the Kansas Career Pipeline web site, you will be able to customize your account and find out through a step-by-step process your interests, occupational options, and any [...]
Cover letters often present the most difficult and challenging task for job seekers. There is no standard template, they must sometimes be written without a lot of lead time, and they are expected to be tailored to specific circumstances while having a highly positive impact on the reader. In fact, some people just send in [...]
May 20-26, 2012, is National Small Business Week, sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). There are a lot of things to love about small businesses. For one thing, small businesses make up more than 50% of the gross national product (GDP). And they make up more than 99.7% of all employers. President Obama [...]
If you are job hunting due to a recent lay off or looking for a change in career, you may consider going through a temporary agency. If so, here are some things you might expect when you get there. Of course, the first thing you will encounter is an initial interview. Most likely, you will [...]
One of the most frequent tips I have received in researching job-interviewing skills is that the job seeker should always ask a question of his or her interviewer after the interview itself has seemingly come to a close. Your interviewer is still assessing you and drawing conclusions about you based on the questions you ask—or [...]
The February 2012 Labor Report showed numbers in line with the January report, including continued increases in nonfarm jobs and a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate that remained constant –both January and February had a 6.1% rate. Seasonal changes are influenced by weather, holidays and the closing of schools and are consistently figured in year-to-year, so [...]
As the economy continues to improve, many people are beginning to consider changing careers, or at least exploring that possibility. If you are thinking about testing the waters, or even starting your own business, here are 10 books that Entrepreneur magazine suggests to help make your decision. Some of the books offer practical step-by-step advice, [...]
Ten years after his groundbreaking bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns with new focus and a new question to ask: “Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty – even chaos – and others do not?” This time, with the help of his colleague Morten Hansen*, Collins enumerates the principles for building a truly great [...]
The January 2012 Labor Report was released yesterday (3/13/12), showing continued improvement in employment numbers across the state. According to January 2012 estimates, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, down from 6.4 percent in December 2011. Kansas gained 12,200 nonfarm jobs over the year (a 0.9 percent increase) and 22,200 private sector jobs, [...]
We’re taught from an early age to use certain procedures and rules to analyze and solve problems to come up with the right answers. The emphasis is, of course, on minimizing errors. But what happens when we don’t even know what problems we’re trying to solve? It happens a lot. In his book, Little Bets, [...]
Despite the recent positive economic news and the improvement of the U.S. job market, competition for job opportunities is still pretty fierce. Human Resources professionals are still sifting through hundreds more resumes than before the recent recession, and there are many buzzwords that are overused and that, frankly, don’t add anything meaningful to your description [...]
